We welcome the new member of the Association of Private and People’ s Museums of Russia – the Museum of Icons “Holy Mount Athos”. The founder of the museum is Anastasia Verbitskaya.
“By creating our museum of icons “Holy Mount Athos”, we wanted to show the millennial spiritual unity of Russia and Athos, the influence of the Holy Mountain on the spiritual life of Russian cloisters on the example of icons painted in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries in Athos monasteries, Serafim-Diveyevo monastery, Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra.”
The activities of the museum include the formation and storage of collections, research work, organization of permanent exhibitions, and cultural and educational activities.
The address of the museum is at Ilyinskaya street, 21, Sergiev Posad,
+7 (910) 000-86-28,
goraafonmuseum@mail.ru
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